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"The Day Before"
Series Y: The Last Man
Season 1, Episode 1
Y the Last Man 1x01 000
Air date September 13th, 2021
Teleplay Eliza Clark
Director Louise Friedberg
Producers Brian K. Vaughan; Pia Guerra; Eliza Clark; Aida Mashaka Croal; Louise Friedberg; Michael Green; Coleman Herbert; Nina Jacobson; Melina Matsoukas; Kristy Reed; Nellie Reed; Brad Simpson; Matt Thompson; Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda
Starring Diane Lane; Ashley Romans; Ben Schnetzer; Olivia Thirlby; Juliana Canfield; Elliot Fletcher; Marin Ireland; Amber Tamblyn
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"The Day Before" is the first episode of season one of the Y: The Last Man live-action television series, which is based on the Y: The Last Man comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. The episode was directed by Louise Friedberg with a teleplay written by Eliza Clark. It premiered on FX on Hulu on Monday, September 13th, 2021.

Plot[]

Yorick Brown is an out-of-work stage magician and escape artist, who tries to make extra money on the side by teaching stage magic to others. His closest companion is a Capuchin monkey named Ampersand. His sister is Hero Brown, who is a paramedic from Brooklyn, who attends substance abuse recovery meetings. Yorick and Hero are the children of Congresswoman Jennifer Brown.

Congresswoman Brown has an ongoing professional relationship with the President of the United States, though there is some measure of friction between the two, owing largely to accusations of misogyny.

Elsewhere, a woman known only as Agent 355 completes a mission, which involves setting off a bomb at a house of some known criminals. Following this, she is recruited by her respective agency, to take on a bigger mission, which involves the President of the United States.

Yorick wants to make a fancy dinner for his girlfriend, Beth, but he is short on money. He manages to convince his sister to lend him a hundred bucks, which he requires in order to make a romantic meal of wine and grilled cheese. During his date, he asks Beth to marry him, which puts Beth into a very awkward position. Beth is set to move to Australia for her career, which would require Yorick to uproot his entire life. Yorick is willing to do so, until Beth implies that part of her journey may involve meeting other people.

Meanwhile, Hero is having a sexual tryst with her paramedic partner. After having sex in the back of the ambulance, they end up getting into a fight, and Hero begins throwing stuff at him. The man angrily defends himself, and becomes too physically aggressive with Hero. Taking the defense herself, she accidentally kills her lover when a thrown obstacle punctures his throat.

Moments later, the entire world erupts into chaos as all of the male members of the human population begin spitting up blood and falling over dead. Everyone that is, except for Yorick and his trusted monkey.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Diane Lane Congresswoman Jennifer Brown
Ashley Romans Agent 355
Ben Schnetzer Yorick Brown
Olivia Thirlby Hero Brown
Juliana Canfield Beth Deville
Elliot Fletcher Sam Jordan
Marin Ireland Nora Brady
Amber Tamblyn Kimberly Campbell Cunningham

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Sam Prideaux Robards Dean Brown
Jess Salgueiro Christine
Laura de Carteret Lisa Murray
Yanna McIntosh General Peggy Reed
Daniel di Tomasso Mike
Paul Gross President Ted Campbell

Co-Starring[]

Actor Role
Paris Jefferson Marla Campbell
Quincy Kirkwood Mackenzie Brady
Milton Barnes Agent 1033
Jacob Mazeral Freddy
Perry Mucci Chad
Maxwell MacCabe-Lokos Rafe
Benjamin Sutherland Nick
Tim Campbell Robbie Brady
Chris Hoffman James Randall
Ali Badshah Vijay Singh
Fraser Elsdon Ben Walker
Shadia Ali Emily Jenkins
Leslie Adlam Shonda Bryan
Bobby Brown Top brass senior male military
Paul Beer John Cunningham
Cru Levey Nicholas Cunningham
Taj Levey Peter Cunningham
Emmett Antal Jack Cunningham
Devante Goulbourne Officer Patrick Johnson
Mark Weatherley Senator Ken Sterling
Adam Chan Upscale party waiter
Alyssa Goodridge Female Secret Service agent
Jillian Lau Young girl crying in car
Michael Harkins Waiter

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Keywords[]

Aircraft | Ambulance | Birds | Brooklyn | Crash landings | Dead animals | Deer | Dogs | Exploding buildings | Handgun | Monkeys | New York | New York City | President of the United States | Rats | Throat injury | Washington, D.C. | White House

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